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215200-612732-sony-dcr-hc18e-usb-driver.exe

The application 215200-612732-sony-dcr-hc18e-usb-driver.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages. The file has been seen being downloaded from ppdistro.us.
MD5:
c2ca78ed443e82949eb762ea8d96f7e8

SHA-1:
89cc36ce3586e5c8615dfd85be2cccac32421fa6

SHA-256:
059454314d8ee72d2488d0484962e83c3164e7bdbf1d563716392922c2912023

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 11:33:40 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Rkit/Agent.453616
7.11.145.44

avast!
Win32:Rootkit-gen [Rtk]
2014.9-140424

Dr.Web
Adware.PowerPack.4
9.0.1.0114

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.Linkular.AJ
8.9720

G Data
NSIS.Application.Linkular
14.4.24

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Badur
14.0.0.3966

Malwarebytes
Adware.Linkular
v2014.04.24.07

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Badur.453616
14.04.24.02

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.BrowseFox/Variant
10645

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GE.05C4FC3B
7.2.114

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
28580

File size:
443 KB (453,616 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\215200-612732-sony-dcr-hc18e-usb-driver.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:52:01 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:LDfU3sc3Xy9uTk4FF1g38Hx1iCJXOyC1aNJjrlIpGPy7:LDfU3N3i9uTk4rH1fiaNhRIpGPy7

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 6F, 44, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 2E, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9126

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file 215200-612732-sony-dcr-hc18e-usb-driver.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://ppdistro.us/ds/483/?installer_file_name=sony dcr-hc18e usb driver.exe&product_name=Sony DCR-HC18E USB Driver &product_download_url=http://pf.phpnuke.org/s/1391536783/en/2/.../215200-612732-sony-dcr-hc18e-usb-driver.exe

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